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2 weeks ago | consumerwatchdog.org | Jacob Margolis |La Ist

By Jacob Margolis, LA ISTA hearing kicked off at the California Insurance Department’s office in Oakland Monday morning as part of the process to determine whether State Farm can institute substantial rate hikes across California. The requested increases include 22% for homeowners and 15% for condo owners and renters. State Farm asked for an emergency rate hike in February following the deadly L.A. fires, for which the company estimates it will pay out $7.6 billion.

Oct 20, 2023 | consumerwatchdog.org | Lois Parshley |La Ist

By Lois Parshley, LA ISThttps://laist.com/news/climate-environment/in-wildfire-prone-areas-homeowners-are-learning-theyre-uninsurableIt wasn’t the first summer Justin Guay went outside and choked on smoke. Or the second. But by the time wildfire season seemed to last year-round, he decided to move his family away from California and back to Utah, where he’d grown up.

Sep 20, 2023 | consumerwatchdog.org | Erin Stone |SoCal Gas |politics. Non-partisan |La Ist

By Erin Stone, LA ISThttps://laist.com/news/climate-environment/here-are-the-major-climate-bills-that-made-it-through-californias-legislature-this-yearThe California Legislature wrapped up its session last week and dozens of climate bills now await Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature — or veto. They range from corporate accountability to clean energy, transportation, water and more.